Chapter 536 - 318: Grandmaster of Capital Operations, a Super-Luxurious Chaotic Scene

Chapter 536: Chapter 318: Grandmaster of Capital Operations, a Super-Luxurious Chaotic Scene

Essentially, the people who currently wield economic power and even set the economic rules around the world are all old.

This is unavoidable.

They are the ones who lived through the entirety of the last wealth cycle.

It isn’t easy for the younger generation to take the baton. Outside of violent or technological revolutions, their only option is to wait them out.

’Of course, as far as I’m concerned, Old Bian is the head of my brain trust. His network is as good as my own.’

"Who is it?"

Lin Chu asked, curious.

Bian Gaige smiled mysteriously. "Someone incredibly famous. He was once on top of the world, but he nearly ended up in prison and remains a controversial figure to this day. Young people your age probably haven’t heard of him, though. After all, he’s an old-timer now."

He was still building the suspense.

But Lin Chu’s curiosity only grew stronger.

"So who is it?"

"Keywords?"

"Give me a hint. Maybe I’ve heard of him."

Bian Gaige smiled smugly. "Which was the first domestic company to successfully list in New York?"

Lin Chu: ...

He really didn’t know the answer to that.

But he had an idea.

He casually pulled out his phone and did a quick search. A moment later, his eyes widened as he looked back at the older man in astonishment.

"The man himself? No way!"

"Is that old-timer still active?"

This pioneer of the reform era was the first person to push for domestic companies to list overseas. He’d once been on the Forbes list, but later fled the country over a dispute about asset ownership and had long since vanished from the public eye.

Still, he could truly be called the godfather of capital manipulation.

"He’s past his prime, but he has a son. The son is forty-two and currently works on Wall Street. One of the two board seats I’ve reserved is for him."

"He’s already agreed."

"He’ll start in about two weeks."

Bian Gaige didn’t mention the man’s name again, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.

That man was a microcosm of an era.

And a part of his own youth.

But all that was in the past.

The legacy, however, lived on, and there was a successor.

"Alright. I’ll be waiting for the good news, then."

Lin Chu said with a smile and a nod.

’Things like family values tend to get passed down, at least in part.’

’Besides, this was someone Bian Gaige had his eye on. I could choose to trust him completely.’

"The team is getting stronger and stronger!"

"This is thrilling! Absolutely thrilling!"

"We’re even attracting elites from Wall Street!"

Lin Chu said, laying it on a bit thick. Bian Gaige licked his lips, his eyes also showing a flicker of emotion.

In truth, he really wanted to ask where all of Lin Chu’s capital came from.

He couldn’t shake the feeling that it was inextricably linked to state-owned assets.

But on second thought, that didn’t seem right. After all, if it were state-owned capital, they would never let someone so young take the helm.

Besides, Lin Chu was so extravagant, casually tossing around a "service fee" of one hundred million USD. That wasn’t the style of a state-owned enterprise either.

But it definitely wasn’t foreign capital.

Bian Gaige was one hundred percent sure of that.

’Forget it. I won’t dwell on it. It must be from some obscure domestic financial powerhouse.’

’In any case, it wasn’t a bad thing.’

...

「Two days later.」

Although the incident at the Crazy Horse Show had set off a storm of public opinion online, it didn’t seem to have had much impact in the real world.

Tang Qiang reported in daily to say he was safe; apparently, there were no problems whatsoever.

The official account for the Crazy Horse Show did post a message announcing that they would be suspending operations until renovations were complete.

The local police didn’t even issue a statement on the incident, though Lin Chu couldn’t be sure if they were taking any action behind the scenes.

But all in all... he was quite surprised.

’Maybe this is just part of the local "flavor,"’ he thought.

Either way, it revealed a style completely different from back home.

Since he couldn’t figure it out for now, Lin Chu decided not to dwell on it. He was about to meet Liszt, and that was far more important.

A huge unknown.

The day before his scheduled meeting, Lin Chu arrived in Interlaken, a picturesque town nestled between two lakes. In the distance, the lower slopes of Jungfrau Peak were lush and green, while its summit was crowned with glaciers and snow.

There weren’t many people around, which made it quite peaceful.

Lin Chu hadn’t brought many people with him this time: just Gao Haitao, Liu Chenhui, Wang Zhefei, Xu Hu, and Li Kexin.

It wasn’t his full team, but it showed he was taking this meeting very seriously.

After settling into the inn they had booked, Lin Chu took a few of his people out for a casual stroll. ’I wonder which corner Liszt is hiding in right now,’ he thought.

’Is he waiting for me?’

’Or maybe he’s already watching me?’

’Damn it. I hate dealing with these mysterious, cryptic types.’

For security, Lin Chu himself had brought guns this time. Two of them.

He had already mastered basic marksmanship at a training camp in Russia.

It wasn’t just the guns. This time, he was even wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a tracking device.

A team of a dozen agents from the Security Group’s Paris branch was positioned on the perimeter, ready to move in or perform a rescue at a moment’s notice.

Of course... a meeting like this was unlikely to devolve into a firefight, but Lin Chu suffered from a touch of "insufficient firepower anxiety."

It came back to the same principle: no matter the time or place, violence was still one of the world’s Metarules.

No matter how much money you had, you only got one life.

A familiar figure faintly appeared up ahead. The moment Lin Chu saw who it was, he felt goosebumps erupt all over his body and his mind went completely blank.

Holy shit!

’What the hell?’

’How could it be her?’

’Why is she here?’

Liao Meili!

To run into his "ex-girlfriend" in a place like this... Lin Chu’s feelings were truly impossible to describe.